viewership for ms nbc. 6 1/2 million social security numbers belonging to deceased americans are still active but it gets worse. you think this would be easy to trace because all those fms trace back to folks who would be 112 or older. ben stooin, what do you make of this? >> i make of that those zombies look a lot like the demonstrators -- >> you're fix dated, ben. >> i say the fraud in the social security system especially on the disability part, is overwhelming, it seems we could make a lot of progress on the budget deficit if we could get a handle on that. it's money well worth spending to crack down on this fraud and send some of those people to prison. >> do you know what the bottom line s i thought when you died your social security number died with you, i found out that's not the case. >> and the social security add stragts wants to spend the money on actually getting the money out and says that it's wasted resources if we direct it to cleaning up the death records. i wouldn't expect government workers they're zombies anyway to recognize -- >> that's not -- we love government w

. ♪ ♪ >>> this week ms nbc has partnered to bring you seven days of genius.ought leaders who are shaping the way we look at our world. coming up at noon eastern today, ms nbc will hold a special with some of america's greatest artist including one who many consider a comedic yean js. >> i'm not that smart. that's say big words in my movies. i can't write a smart, witty character. >> he joins us now. looking forward to this. good morning. >> just winning. i torture her with those jokes on the break already. this is fascinating. of course it's too adept to call himself a genius. he blamed it on his lack of breast feeding. he took a stand on some things. i think we have sound of him talking about bill cosby. >> i know it has to do with a lot of race politics. he's an important symbol for accomplishment and people don't want to tear that down. there is a line you know after 20 rape accusations you can start saying maybe he's not the best symbol. maybe we don't need him. we have other people we can look up to. >> you know, obviously we have to say cosby never char

if you're watching fox news it's an entirely different perspective than if you're watching ms nbc but there are hard cold facts about who is being responsible and who is not. and the challenges of making sure the voters are aware of that and then holding elected officials accountable for their position. that's why i talked about the budget. the republican budget will not end up getting passed. my budget won't get passed given i've got to work with a republican congress. but it's there are priorities in there and it's good for people to know what's this there and our democracy only works when we're informed enough to say, you know what i don't think we should cut medicaid for families that have a disabled child. that's not who we are. i know my neighbor who relies on that. that's important. i may not like obama, but if i've got -- if we know that there's 16 million people who now have health insurance, and my health insurance hasn't been affected and in fact health care premiums across the board are going up at a slower rate than they have in 50 years it's not clear to me why i would w

ms. mikulski wanted to report sports. as the video showed she had some talent behind the desk. take the next commercial to watch her on our nbcapp. that's cool. >>> we have an exclusive look at the new addition to d.c.'s 40-year-old jail. only news4 cameras were allowed inside as the city opened a library for inmates in the basement of its correctional institute in southeast, including paperbacks only. librarians will cart the books into the housing areas in the cells form the inmates will be able to choose what they want to read. there are no fictional stories, though that glorify drugs or violence, according to city officials. >> so best sellers, mysteries, romances science fiction, a lot of the airport paper backs you would see just about anywhere are super popular, no matter where you are. >> you can get some books to read to limit the stressors that you might be going through, books is always good for you to have. >> an escape? >> yeah. >>> d.c.'s public library and agency and staff will oversee the program which would cost about a quarter of a million per year. >>> well it's steeped in history. we're taken on a trip dow

ms. blum say that at least they have a sense of peace knowing that she lived life to the fullest. reporting live at point reyes, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> you might remember hundreds of birds covered in the mystery goo discovered in san francisco bay, that has fired a state lawmaker to introduce new legislation. currently there is no funding for a clean-up. so nonprofits had to use their limited budget to save the bird covered in the bay. state senator's new legislation will allow the states prevention and response team to borrow money from the state's oil spill prevention fund to help. the money would then be repaid after the offending party is identified. >> responsible party will have to not only reimburse the nonprofit organizations for upwards of $300,000 of expenses. they will have to pay a fine and they will also have to pay for any additional environmental mitigation that may be necessary. >> and the problem is, they still don't know exactly what that goo is. a wildlife aid legislation could be on the governor's desk by this summer. >> taking you outside now because of increasingly bad air in our bay area skies

ms. cal influences. see which song she picks for tonight. all new "voice" at 8:00 tonight on nbc 4. a whole lot of talent. >> a great story. and how much greater is our weather story going to get, doug? >> considering we were in the upper 30s on saturday upper 40s yesterday -- >> it's already pretty good. >> it's already pretty good. temperatures right now around 65 degrees. that's the current, a very nice afternoon. what a nice way to start off the workweek even though this morning we saw a little bit of sleet and each a little snow flurry or two here or there. none of that right now. we have sunshine across the area a few clouds from time to time. temperatures right now 65. windchill, yeah i can take that off there now. we're not talking any windchills anytime soon. current temperature, 65 in leesburg 59 in patuxent river and 66 warm degrees down toward fredericksburg. yes, we are on the nice side of things. tomorrow as far as the driving impact is concerned, down about 42 early tomorrow morning, between 6:00 and 8:00. partly sunny skies but some sun to start off. during the after

ms oficiales patrullando las calles de san jos. aunque la razn de este cambio vendr con consecuencias... take 2boxes vamos a enlazarnos con damian trujilllo de nuestra estacin hermana nbc... damin de qu se tratan estos cambios y por qu habrn consecuencias? take damian live damian on camera los cambios tomarn efecto comenzando este domingo. cambios que para este departamento de polica son lamentables. take vo el 15 de marzo es cuando por rutina los oficiales salen de una unidad policial y entran a otra. por ejemplo si sale un sargento de la unidad de homicidios sera reemplazado por otro sargento. bueno, este aÑo, debido a la falta de patrullas este sargento no ser reemplazado. l simplemente dejar sus labores en el la unidad de homicidios directamente a una patrulla para repsonder a llamadas de emergencia. el numero de oficiales en el departamento es tan bajo, que se tienen que tomar estas medidas drsticas para poder mantener los oficiales necesarios en las calles. y esto le parece bien a varios residentes de san jos. damián pregunta: usted se quiere sentir seguro? si. mas proteccion para nosotros mi familia." con vo la unidad que combate las pandillas tambin perder pand

ms de 37 millones de personas estn siendo afectadas... hoy el gobernador brown tomar cartas en el asunto... take 2boxes en vivo desde la ciudad de san jos est kris snchez de nuestra estacin hermana nbcr una suma millonaria para contrarrestar este problema... cuntanos! take kris live kris on camera hoy el gobernador jerry brown revelara ese plan del que se espera tenga unos mil millones dollares para ayudar a los mas afectados por la sequia. take vo el gobernador no ha dicho mucho sobre este plan. pero les puedo decir que es una suma mucho mas grande que la que fue presentada a principios de este aÑo. hasta el momento se cree que los fondos sean destinados a los trabajadores agricolas quienes se quedaron sin trabajo a causa de la prdida de sus cosechas por la escacez de agua. el plan sest programado para mejorar los procesos en las granjas y usar el agua de manera mas eficiente, y tambien financiar el suministro y transportacion de agua potable y no potable. como ustedes han dicho la sequia se encuentra entrando en el cuarto aÑo. los depositos de agua estan a niveles por debajo de lo normal. y hasta el momento continuamos sin la nieve necesaria para rellenarlos esta primavera y veran

ms reconocidos del pais... juanfra --- se trata del circo ringling brothers.... han decidido dar fin a los espectaculos con los famosos paquidermos... take 2boxes en vivo desde san jos est kris snchez de nuestra estacin hermana nbcndo se llevar a cabo esta medida? kris live kris on camera si usted alguna vez ha venido al circo aqu en el s-a-p center en san jose. tal vez en esa ocasin un protestante se le ha aproximado para mostrale fotos y descripciones graficas del supesto abuso de elefantes. take vo parece que la compania dueÑa del circo "ringling bros. barnum & bailey" esta cediendo a este tipo de presion publica. el circo anuncio esta manana que a partir del 2018, ya no usar elefantes en sus espectaculos. para ese entonces.. casi 50 elefantes del circo viviran en el "ringling brothers centro para la conservacin del elefante." take next vo la compania dice que quiere enfocarse en la conservacion. pero tambien ha estado involucrada en varias acciones legales por cuenta de sus elefantes... la compania ha sido ordenada a pagar multas por el maltrato de animales. pero tambien ha ganado casos por alegaciones de abusos que no fueron substentados... take fs la compaÑa feld entertainment dijo lo siguiente en un comun

ms. >> so there is good news. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> we'll be right back. >> this is "today" on nbc. >>> oh, whatinside the grammys and sofia vergara shared a bunch of pik pics during the golden kbloebs. >> it always depends on what you're tweeting. you can be fun and kind or be mean. it's all about the intention. >> i say yes it's okay. it's always fun to see someone special's take on an event. >> even if it's mean? >> it's their own personal opinion, so yes, please. >> all right. >> it's always funny at the time. from froze and glee the actor stops by. >> and as we turn the clocks ahead this weekend, easy springs cleaning. >> and five lucky viewers are going to win something awesome. >> stay warm! >> have a good one. international airport shut down after a plane skids off the runway. the incredible images just keep coming into our newsroom. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> i'm scott mcgrew. this happened in new york. a plane skidded off the runway at laguardia just a few hours ago. crashed thrown a chain link fence and forced passengers to bundle up and slide down emergency chutes to